Market Overview

The following five percentages gained/lost graphs show, at a glance, which countries and currencies gained the most, so far, this week (Monday, March 27 to, and including Wednesday, March 29). Of...

Time heals all wounds, and in the case of stock markets the amount of time is about a week to move on from disappointment at Donald Trump’s failure to reform US healthcare.StocksStocks are still...

From Invesco: The Brexit process started Wednesday when British Prime Minister Theresa May formally notified the European Union (EU) of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the Union under...

The Third Estimate for Q4 GDP, to one decimal, came in at 2.1% (2.08% to two decimal places), an increase over 1.9% in the Second Estimate, but a decline from 3.5% in Q3 GDP. Investing.com had a...

Brexit has now officially been triggered and the British have until March 29, 2019 to find common ground with the European Union. Negotiations are likely to be rocky and it will be interesting to see...

Today’s Main Market MoversYesterday marked the official start to Britain’s exit from the European Union. Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty has been invoked, commencing the two-year...

Dollar attempted for recovery overnight but momentum has been very weak. Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren's hawkish comments provided brief lift to the greenback. But weakness in stocks and yield...

If your sole barometer of what was going on in the world was a chart of the pound’s performance, then yesterday looked like a very normal day; a slight sell-off in the morning, a recovery at...

Thursday March 30: Five things the markets are talking about UK’s divorce proceeding with the E.U have officially begun, and like most separations, expect the “children,” in this...

There is in interesting dichotomy currently occurring within the economy. While consumer confidence, as reported by the Census Bureau, soared to some of the highest levels seen since the turn of the...

Wrong FocusIf one searches for news on LIBOR (=London Interbank Offered Rate, i.e., the rate at which banks lend dollars to each other in the euro-dollar market), they are currently dominated by...

Investors have learned from both data and personal experience that business cycle peaks (popularly known as recessions) are associated with the most important stock declines. It is natural that any...

FTSE -5 points at 7368 DAX +15 points at 12218 CAC +1 points at 5070 Euro Stoxx 50 -2 points at 3473The GBP/USD shortly spiked down to 1.2376, as the UK officially triggered the Brexit on Wednesday....

A storm is brewing in the stock market, and it has nothing to do with the failure of Trumpcare.Right now U.S. corporations are sitting on nearly $2 trillion in cash here at home. And according to...